Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) — Except for biographies of winemakers and volumes on obscure, emerging wine regions, just about every conceivable book about wine has already been written.
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Okay, Thanksgiving is over, now we can get back to bigger reds. These or similar wines would be great with holiday roast beef. The 1989 Chateau Pichon-Longueville Baron blew us away. This deep red wine smells of cigars and cedar, mushrooms and Mr. Lincoln roses. A big wine, but not jammy, more linear than round, full of blackberry, tobacco, and cedar flavors - Awesome! Beautiful with rack of lamb. In contrast, the 2004 Delille “D2″ was somewhat lighter, easier, and more fruit forward, but still an outstanding wine. Fabulous fruit suggests its American origins, but its linear style reminds of France. It was great with a buffalo sirloin steak. Considering that by now there is probably a five to one cost ratio between the two, the “D2″ is a “bargain” at about $30. In fact, many Washington reds are great values compared to their Californian and European counterparts. Consider wines from Adam’s Bench, Fall Line, Cadence, Note Bene, DeLille and many others as “value″ gifts for the season. Not unlike U.S. Savings Bonds, you pay “only″, perhaps, $30 for a $60 wine
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In the face drought, wine oversupply and the global financial crisis - to name just a few challenges - one leader is calling on the Australian wine industry to exude passion, inspiration and excitment.
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In the face drought, wine oversupply and the global financial crisis - to name just a few challenges - one leader is calling on the Australian wine industry to exude passion, inspiration and excitment.
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Michel Chasseuil drives an old car, never takes a holiday and lives like a monk — and yet he is the owner of a wine collection to make billionaires pale with envy.
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Some local artists are displaying their love of wine through art.
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The receiver for an Auckland-based wine retailer is confident the company will be able to trade its way out of debt. The Fine Wine Delivery Company owes creditors $2.7 million and has opted to go into voluntary administration.
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1 December 2008 The receiver for an Auckland-based wine retailer is confident the company will be able to trade its way out of debt. The Fine Wine Delivery Company owes creditors $2.7 million and has opted to go into voluntary administration.
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Investors bid aggressively for rare Bordeaux wine at a Christie’s auction in Hong Kong at the weekend. The sale showed that Asian collectors were still prepared to pay high prices for wine, even in a global economic slowdown.
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Despite a fine second-half comeback, the Modesto Junior College basketball team lost to Chabot 90-75 in the second round of the Napa Wine Country Classic on Saturday.
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